Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1150 By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Calatayud 581-03090-25 20251150c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to school social workers; amending s. 3 1012.55, F.S.; providing that persons employed as 4 school social workers are exempt from certain teacher 5 certification requirements; providing an exception; 6 providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.Present subsection (5) of section 1012.55, 11 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), and a new 12 subsection (5) is added to that section, to read: 13 1012.55Positions for which certificates required. 14 (5)A person who is employed as a school social worker 15 shall be exempt from the educator certification requirements in 16 s. 1012.56(2)(g) and (h). 17 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.